Humiliating

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  humiliating \humiliating\ adj.
     causing humiliation. [Narrower terms: {undignified (vs.
     dignified)}]
  
     Syn: demeaning, humbling, mortifying.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humiliate \Hu*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humiliated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Humiliating}.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of
     humiliare. See {Humble}.]
     To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the
     eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to
     humble; to mortify.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  humiliating
       adj : causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling
             game" [syn: {demeaning}, {humbling}, {mortifying}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "humiliating":
     abusive, atrocious, awkward, backhand, backhanded, beneath one,
     calumnious, chastening, cheap, contumelious, crushing, debasing,
     degrading, demeaning, deplorable, disconcerting, disgraceful,
     disturbing, embarrassing, gutter, humbling, humiliative, infra dig,
     infra indignitatem, insolent, insulting, left-handed, mortifying,
     offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, pitiful, sad, scandalous,
     scurrile, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, sorry, too bad,
     unbecoming, unspeakable, unworthy of one